Skengdo and AM sentenced to suspended prison sentence for "exercise"

The duo allegedly violated an injunction

Two artists were given suspended sentences for "playing music" after officials said he had violated an injunction.

Skengdo and AM, real names, Terrell Doyley and Joshua Malinga, would have played percussion music that would "incite violence" against rival gang members. The injunction had been taken against the duo last August because they would belong to a gang in South London.

The two men pleaded guilty to violating the Croydon County Court injunction and were sentenced to nine months suspended sentence at two years.

In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said the injunction "was violated after playing music that incited and incited violence against rival gang members, before publishing it on social media."

However, their leader, speaking to the Press Association, denied the involvement of the two men in gang-related violence. He added that the video was uploaded to social media without his knowledge. Both artists have already performed at the Reading and Leeds Festivals and have appeared on 1Xtra.

The British branch of the genre, which originated in the southern part of Chicago early this decade, has been accused of increasing gang violence in the UK. Earlier this year, Cressida Dick, police commissioner of Met Metropolis, said that this crime was causing an increase in the number of crimes committed with a knife in London and asked for YouTube to delete more than 30 video clips.

However, last year, thousands of people signed a petition, set up by the 1011 poll group, calling on YouTube to stop targeting this genre.

Bradley Fenn, a supporter, wrote when signing the petition: "Give them a chance in the media instead of taking the chance away. Moreover, it's a pbadion for them to make music and nobody gets hurt by making music – so it's useless to forbid them to make music. "

Another, Rebecca Leech, added, "In the '50s and' 60s it was rock music. Now that's it. Get real. "

Yemi Abiade, editor-in-chief of Dummy Magazine, told The Independent, "Ignoring these issues breeds contempt and gives rise to more violence. Regardless of the murder rate in London, the drills will continue to provide a voice for those who do not, as many of them have everything they need to survive. "

Explaining the police, a spokesman for Youtube said they were only dealing with videos violating their guidelines. They said: "With other British people, we share the deep concern about this problem and do not want our platform to incite violence."

Last year, Dizzee Rascal expressed his support for British drumming music producers. Rascal told Julie Adenuga on Beats 1 on Apple Music: "I will not defend the words of anyone. If you say you're going to lick the man, that's what he is. But this rhythm does a lot for me.

"And I still need to meet these producers and find out how you twist this bbad line like that because I still do not know how to do it … I see them, especially the producers, as pioneers. I'm always watching it like a musical [thing]. I am not here to defend anyone's words or shots. "